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1 Cadell Last Profile General thinker interested in synthesizing ideas from an interdisciplinary perspective in order to better understand the meaning of human existence and evolution. Academic Experience VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL; BRUSSEL, BE PRESENT Ph.D. candidate and researcher at the Evolution, Cognition, and COmplexity (ECCO) group at Global Brain Institute (GBI) focused on higher orders of human social dynamics related to observation, information, energy, and meta-systems. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO; TORONTO, ON Graduated from the University of Toronto (M.Sc.) focused on evolutionary anthropology. Specialized in understanding divergence throughout primate-human evolution. MCMASTER UNIVERSITY; HAMILTON, ON Graduated with combined B.A. (Hon.) degree in biological anthropology and history. Specialized in primate social ecology, biocultural evolution, colonial-empire formation. MOHAWK COLLEGE; HAMILTON, ON Graduated with a General Arts and Science diploma focused on a wide-ranging introduction to social sciences, natural sciences, and the humanities. Academic Publications Last, C Symbolic Orders and Structure of Universal Internalization. In: Evolution: Evolutionary Trends and Aspects. Ed. L.E. Grinin & Korotayev, A.V. pp Volgograd: Publishing House Uchitel. Last, C Cosmic Evolutionary Philosophy and a Dialectical Approach to Technological Singularity. Information, 9(4):78. DOI: /info Last, C Big Historical Foundations for Deep Future Speculations: Cosmic Evolution, Atechnogenesis, and Technocultural Civilization. Foundations of Science, 22(1): DOI: /s y

2 Last, C Global Commons in the Global Brain. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 114: DOI: /j.techfore Last, C Information-energy metasystem model. Kybernetes, 44(8/9), pp DOI: /K Last, C Human Metasystem Transition (HMST) Theory. Journal of Evolution & Technology, 25(1): Last, C Human Evolution, Life History Theory, and the End of Biological Reproduction. Current Aging Science, 7(1): 1-8. DOI: / Last, C Global Brain and the Future of Human Society. World Future Review, 6(2): DOI: / Last, C. & Muh, B Effects of Human Presence on Chimpanzee Nest Location in the Lebialem-Mone Forest Landscape, Southwest Region, Cameroon. Folia Primatologica, 84: Last, C The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution (2009) by Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending. vis-a-vis: Explorations of Anthropology, 12(1): Working Papers / In Press Last, C A Reflective Note for Dialectical Thinkers. Submitted to: International Journal of Zizek Studies. Special Issue: What Went Wrong With Zizek? Working Paper. Last, C. & Werner, B Physics and Consciousness: A Philosophical Dialogue on the Nature of Subject-Object Division. Working Paper. Last, C., Werner, B. & Van Weyenbergh, G Physical Emergence of Subject-Object Division (and a dialectical approach to reconciliation). Working Paper.

3 Independent Academic Projects (Past and Present) LESS THAN NOTHING ANALYSIS (BLOG, YOUTUBE) 2018 In-depth literature review of fundamental questions on metaphysics WHAT IS SEX? ANALYSIS (BLOG, YOUTUBE) 2018 In-depth literature review of fundamental questions on sexuality THE MONTPARNASSE INITIATIVE: SCHOOL OF THINKING (EDUCATION) 2018 Think tank focused on exploring the foundations of academic structure THE ADVANCED APES (BLOG, PODCAST, YOUTUBE) Popular science project focused on exploring questions related to human evolution Grants and Awards FORMWELTEN-INSTITUTE 2018 Awarded to fund accommodations to participate in systemic research workshop ( 500) CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND INTERDISCIPLINARY (CRI) 2017 Awarded to fund travel and accommodations to present and participate in major system transition workshop ( 750) GLOBAL BRAIN INSTITUTE (GBI) / EVOLUTION, COGNITION, & COMPLEXITY (ECCO) INTERDISCIPLINARY PHD SCHOLARSHIP Awarded to fund participation with research group and completion of interdisciplinary Ph.D thesis related to complex systems science ( 24,000 per. year) GLOBAL BRAIN INSTITUTE (GBI) GRANT 2014 Awarded to fund conference travel and accommodations related to cybernetics and future studies ( 1,500) EVOLUTION, COGNITION, AND COMPLEXITY (ECCO) GRANT 2013 Awarded to fund travel and accommodations while presenting at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel ( 1,000) ONTARIO GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP (OGS) Awarded to fund a second year of M.Sc. research at the University of Toronto ($15,000)

4 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP 2012 Awarded to fund proposed ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) nocturnal behavioural research on St. Catherines Island (SCI) ($1,500) UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FELLOWSHIP GRANT 2012 Awarded for conference participation and travel at CAPA 2011 and AAPA 2012 ($880) WILLIAM S. POLLITZER STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD 2012 Awarded for essay prize on topic of identifying an important missing article in biological anthropology ($500) SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES CONFERENCE GRANT 2011 Awarded for podium presentation at CAPA 2011 in Montreal ($150) UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO GRADUATE FUNDING Awarded for acceptance into the M.A. anthropology program ($15,000 plus tuition) MCMASTER UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE ESSAY PRIZE 2011 Awarded as essay prize for undergraduate history thesis ($50) UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD (USRA) 2011 Awarded to fund proposed primate research project in Cameroon, Africa ($6,000) EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION STUDENT PROJECT GRANT 2010 Awarded for poster presentation at CAPA 2010 in Saskatoon ($900) CAPA 2010 STUDENT TRAVEL BURSARY 2010 Awarded for poster presentation at CAPA 2010 in Saskatoon ($100) THE LORNA AND DAVID SOMERS AWARD 2010 Awarded for service to the McMaster community and academic leaderships skills EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION STUDENT PROJECT GRANT 2010 Awarded for primate volunteer field survey in Cameroon ($1,500) M.U.M.A. TRAVEL BURSARY 2010 Awarded for primate volunteer field survey in Cameroon ($500)

5 Presentations and Posters BCSSS LECTURE SERIES - BERTALANFFY CENTRE FOR STUDY OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE (BCSSS) 2018 Presentation: Global Brain Singularity: Universal history, future evolution and humanity s dialectical horizon LARNACA CONFERENCE - INTEGRATION OF SYSTEM THINKERS (FORMWELTEN-INSTITUTE) 2018 Presentation: History of Meta-Reflective Group Dynamics in Thinking THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED THINKING WORKSHOP (CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND INTERDISCIPLINARY (CRI)) 2018 Presentation: Towards the Foundations for a School of Advanced Thinking EVOLUTION, COGNITION, COMPLEXITY (ECCO) LECTURE SERIES (VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL (VUB)) 2017 Presentation: Technological Singularity in the Big Historical Worldview BIG HISTORY AND GLOBAL EVOLUTION (LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY) 2017 Presentation: Technological Singularity in the Big Historical Worldview SHAPING OUR MAJOR TRANSITION (CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND INTERDISCIPLINARY (CRI)) 2017 Presentation: Metasystem Transitions: Thinking an Individuated Commons EVOLUTION, COGNITION, AND COMPLEXITY (ECCO) LECTURE SERIES (VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL (VUB)) 2017 Presentation: Consequences of the Symbolic-Imaginary for Big History INTERNATIONAL BIG HISTORY ASSOCIATION (UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM (UA)) 2016 Presentation: Big History and the Deep Future OFFER NETWORK WORKSHOP (VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL (VUB)) 2015 Presentation: Exploring the Global Commons THE INFORMATION SOCIETY AT A CROSSROADS (VIENNA UNIVERSITY (VU)) 2015 Presentation: Self-Actualization in the Commons EVOLUTION, COGNITION, AND COMPLEXITY (ECCO) LECTURE SERIES (VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL (VUB)) 2014 Presentation: Information-Energy Metasystem Model

6 REJUVENATION BIOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (SENS FOUNDATION) 2014 Poster: Life History Theory and the End of Biological Reproduction INTERNATIONAL BIG HISTORY ASSOCIATION (DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA) 2014 Presentation: The Future of Big History AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CYBERNETICS (GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY) 2014 Presentation: Information-Energy Metasystem Model WORLD FUTURE SOCIETY (WFS) 2014 Poster: Global Brain and the Future of Human Society CYPRUS SYMPOSIUM PATHWAYS TO INDEFINITE LIFESPANS (UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA (UN)) 2014 Presentation: Life History Theory and the End of Biological Reproduction EVOLUTION, COGNITION, AND COMPLEXITY (ECCO) LECTURE SERIES (VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL (VUB)) 2013 Presentation: Pathway to the Global Brain: A Theory of Human Metasystem Transitions ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM (ROM) 2012 Presented: Conserving our Closest Relatives and Rural Development in Africa MEDUSA LECTURE SERIES (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (UOT)) 2012 Presented: Chimpanzee Group Nest Size in Equatorial West Africa and Group Nest Size Variability in the Lebialem-Mone Forest Landscape CAPA 2011 CONFERENCE (UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL (UM)) 2011 Presented: Effects of Human Predation on Chimpanzee Nest Construction in South-West Cameroon MEDUSA LECTURE SERIES (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (UOT)) 2011 Presented: Effects of Human Predation on Chimpanzee Nest Construction in South-West Cameroon USRA RECEPTION 2011 (MCMASTER UNIVERSITY) 2011 Presented: Introduction to USRA research in South-West Cameroon CAPA 2010 CONFERENCE (UNIVERSITY OF SASKATOON) 2010 Poster: Chimpanzee Ecology and the Bushmeat Trade in South-West Cameroon

7 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM (MCMASTER UNIVERSITY) 2010 Presented: Critique of the Upper Palaeolithic Language Hypothesis UNDERGRADUATE HISTORY CONFERENCE (YORK UNIVERSITY) 2010 Presented: German-Jewish reaction to the Third Reich Primary References FRANCIS HEYLIGHEN, PH.D. ASSOCIATE PROF. OF PHILOSOPHY/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES (VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL) Personal relation: PhD Supervisor JOYCE PARGA, PH.D. ASSOCIATE PROF. OF ANTHROPOLOGY (CAL STATE UNIVERSITY) Personal relation: M.Sc. Supervisor TRACY PROWSE, PH.D. ASSOCIATE PROF. OF ANTHROPOLOGY (MCMASTER UNIVERSITY) Personal relation: Undergradaute supervisor Secondary References STEFAN BLACHFELLNER, PH.D. DIRECTOR OF BCSSS (BERTALANFFY CENTER FOR STUDY OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE) Personal relation: independent collaborator PAUL LUSSIER, PH.D. ASSOCIATE PROF. OF COMMUNICATIONS (YALE UNIVERSITY) Personal relation: independent collaborator DAVID O BRIEN, PH.D. ASSOCIATE PROF. OF PHILOSOPHY (MOHAWK COLLEGE) david.obrien@mohawkcollege.ca Personal relation: college professor CLEMENT VIDAL, PH.D. RESEARCHER IN PHILOSOPHY, COSMOLOGY, COMPLEXITY (VRIJE UNIVER- SITEIT BRUSSEL) contact@clemvidal.com Personal relation: colleague at ECCO/VUB FRANCOIS TADDEI, PH.D. DIRECTOR OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES (CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES) francois.taddei@inserm.fr Personal relation: independent collaborator

8 MARIOS KYRIAZIS, PH.D. DIRECTOR OF ELPIS FOUNDATION FOR INDEFINITE LIFESPANS Personal relation: collaborator at ECCO/VUB MARTA LENARTOWICZ, PH.D. RESEARCHER IN SOCIAL SYSTEMS THEORY Personal relation: collaborator at ECCO/VUB

Graduated with a General Arts and Science diploma focused on a wide-ranging introduction to social sciences, natural sciences, and the humanities.

Graduated with a General Arts and Science diploma focused on a wide-ranging introduction to social sciences, natural sciences, and the humanities. Cadell Last cadell.last.com cadell.last@gmail.com @cadelllast Profile General thinker interested in synthesizing ideas from an interdisciplinary perspective in order to better understand the meaning of